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Configuring Other Web Browsers

I want to stomp all over Internet Explorer and tell you how bad it is—but the

truth of the matter is that, after a big push to get IE back on track in recent

versions, Microsoft did the right thing to help the Web move beyond IE by

focusing on its replacement, Microsoft Edge. Edge is a powerful, clean,

modern Web browser that supports current Web standards. I use it a lot,

though I can’t say we date exclusively.

You’ll probably want to download one of several other Web browsers that

support current Web standards as well and offer different experiences than

Edge. This gives you a quick fix if you run into a site that has a problem or if

a nasty security vulnerability is discovered in your usual browser. Two of the

big browser heavyweights that fit this description are Mozilla Firefox and

Google Chrome.

You control their settings much like you do in Internet Explorer, though

you won’t find an applet tucked away in Control Panel. In Google Chrome,

you can click the three-dot icon in the upper-right corner of the browser and

select Settings. In Mozilla Firefox, the icon looks like a stack of horizontal

lines, but it’s also in the upper-right corner, and you’re looking for the

Options button.

In these menus, you’ll find a lot of settings very similar to the ones you

find in Internet Options. Firefox (see Figure 21-30) and Google Chrome (see

Figure 21-31) settings are Web pages built into the browsers, but they still

control the same features: home page, security, font size, cookies, and all

your old favorites. Take some time to use these browsers and explore their

settings. You’ll be surprised how well your knowledge of one browser helps

you set up another.

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